Dress-form attachment.



G. O. ROBINSON.

DRESS FORM ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. I914,

1,235,925., 7 PatentedAug: 7,1917

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. George Ofiobinson, 1 5 /1 Atfys- GEORGE O. ROBINSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR T0 HALL-BORCI-IERT DRESS FORM COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed January 19, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon O. RoBINsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Dress-Form Attachments, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to dress forms, such as are used as dressmakers models, and particularly to an attachment designed to facilitate the proper hanging of the skirt.

Dress forms that are used for dressmakers models are commonly supported on a standard which in turn is sustained by a base formed of three or four arms or legs having casters therein. Owing to the prevailing style of dress, according to which skirts are made very narrow at the bottom, dressmakers have frequently found difficulty in determining whether or not the skirt hangs properly because if the skirt is of a length to extend substantially to the ground the lower edge of a very narrow skirt will rest on the arms or legs of the base, and these arms or legs hold the lower edge of the skirt up out of its natural position, and thus make it very difficult for the dressmaker to deter-,

mine when the skirt is properly hung. In order to remedy this difliculty, I have provided an attachment for the dress form in the form of a false floor which can be placed in position over the arms of the base and which presents a smooth upper surface representing the floor line which is free from obstructions that will interfere at all with the proper hanging of the skirt. In order to give a proper understanding of the invention, I have illustrated herein a preferred embodiment thereof which will now be described, after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a dress form having my improvements applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an underside plan view of the false floor attachment;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the attachment;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 50-00, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the hinge connection between the two parts of the false floor attachment.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '7, 1917.

Serial No. 813,069.

I have shown at 1 a dress form having any suitable or usual construction which is provided with a skirt portion 2 and is sustained on a standard or supporting rod 3 that rises from the base 4. The base is formed with a plurality of arms or legs 5 provided at their ends with casters or rolls 6.

This base 4 is usually a cast metal base to which the supporting rod 3 is connected. The parts thus far described are such as are usually found in dress forms and form no part of my present invention.

As stated above, dressmakers often find difliculty in determining the proper line for the lower edge of a narrow skirt because the bottom of the skirt will rest on the arms 5 and hold portions thereof out of their proper position. To avoid this difliculty, I have provided the false floor attachment herein shown and which comprises a false floor 7 constructed to be placed around the standard 3 above the base 4: and which has an unobstructed upper surface which can be used as the floor line from which to take measurements for the bottom edge of the skirt and to determine if the skirt is hanging properly. 7

This false floor attachment is constructed to be removably applied to the standard, and in, the preferred embodiment of my invention I make it of two parts 8 and 9 which are detachably hinged together, and each of which is provided with legs or supports 10 by which it is held at the proper elevation. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the two parts 8 and 9 are provided with the detachable hinge connection 12, 13, the connection 12 having a hinge pintle 14 and the connection 13 having an open hook 15 which can be detachably applied to the pintle 14. This forms a hinge connection which permits the two parts to be opened out from each other, as shown in Fig. 5, and also permits them to be detached from each other if desired. On the opposite side the part 9 of the false floor attachment is provided with a resilient locking latch 16 adapted to engage a keeper 17 carried by the part 8, this latch serving to hold the two parts in their correct relative position. The part 8 is shown as having dowel-pins 30 extending from the edge thereof which enter sockets 31 formed in the meeting edge of the part 9, said dowel pins serving to hold the parts in their relative position.

The legs 10 are of such a length as to support the false floor 7 above the base, as seen in Fig. 1, and I will preferably make these legs foldable so that they may be folded down against the false floor to permit the latter to be stored away in a compact space. Any suitable construction of legs may be used. As herein shown, each part 8 and 9 has two legs made from a single piece of metal bent to present the two U- shaped leg portions 10, these being connected by the portion 18. The ends of each pair of le s are pivotally connected to the floor at 19, and means are provided which cooperate with the part 18 to hold the legs in their operative position. As herein shown each part of the floor has a block 20 secured thereto against which the portion 18 abuts when the leg is in operative position, and each block 20 has a locking hook 21 secured thereto which is adapted to hook over the portion 18, thus locking it in place. This hook can be turned about its axis to swing it into and out of locking engagement with the portion 18. l/Vhen the legs are unlocked they may be folded down against the underside of the floor, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 2.

The two parts 7 and 8 are provided with recesses 23 which receive the standard 3 when the device is in operative position.

My falsefloor attachment can be readily placed in position above the base 4 and around the standard 3 of a dress form, as

' shown in Fig. 1, and when in this position the dress form will be adjusted vertically on the standard 3 to bring it the proper distance from the false floor 7 which will then form the base from which measurements will be made, as they are usually done from the floor. There are no projections above the false floor 7 which will interfere at all with the hanging of any skirt no matter how narrow it may be.

\Vhile I have illustrated herein the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the constructional features shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A false floor attachment for dress forms comprising a floor member divided centrally to form two sections, the meeting edges of said sections being formed with a recess to receive the dress form standard, a separable hinge device pivotally connecting said sec; tions at one end of the division line, a latch at the other end of the division line for holding said sections in closed relation, a pair of folding legs pivotally connected to each section, and a lock device for holding each pair of legs in their operative supporting position.

2. A false floor attachment as specified in claim 1, in which each section has a block secured thereto to limit the opening movement of the legs, and a catch carried by said block to lock said legs in operative position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presencev of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE O. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

FRANK GARCIA, NORA T. OLSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

